Thursday 29 July 2010
American Data Company
American Data Company, a leader in business process and technology consulting for enterprise cloud computing, is pleased to present “Demystifying the Cloud,” an executive symposium that intimately connects leaders in information technology to cloud computing industry experts.
With today’s current advancements in technology and new service offerings, there has never been a better time to explore cloud computing. In light of tight capital expenditures, the economic model of cloud computing has become even more attractive.
Learn why companies such as the New York Times, Dell, and the Japan Post are incorporating cloud computing into their IT strategy and explore how cloud computing can benefit your organization.
Keynote speakers include:
* Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Research at Salesforce.com
* Mike Culver, Web Services Evangelist at Amazon Web Services
* Josh Holtzman, President at American Data Company
* Greg Janecek, Business Development at Amazon Web Services
“American Data Company is excited to connect top IT executives and the leaders in cloud computing for this one of a kind executive symposium,” says Josh Holtzman, President of American Data Company. “The event aims to create a forum for discussion on ways cloud computing can be applied to our participant’s businesses today, to educate, and provide real world success stories of cloud computing in the Enterprise.”
The event will be held in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2009 and is limited to participants by invitation only. Visit www.demystifyingthecloud.com for more information and to request participation.
About American Data Company
American Data Company is a business process and technology consulting firm specializing in cloud computing technologies. Since 2003, the company has assisted Mid-Market and Enterprise organizations to “do more with less” by leveraging cloud computing technologies such as the Force.com platform, Salesforce.com CRM, ExactTarget, and Amazon Web Services. More information can be found at http://www.americandatacompany.com.
About Amazon Web Services
Since early 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS you can requisition computer power, storage, and other services - gaining access to a suite of elastic IT infrastructure services as your business demands them. With AWS you have the flexibility to choose whichever development platform or programming model makes the most sense for the problems you’re trying to solve. You pay only for what you use, with no up-front expenses or long-term commitments, making AWS the most cost-effective way to deliver your application to your customers and clients. And, with AWS, you can take advantage of Amazon.com’s global computing infrastructure, that is the backbone of Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) $15 billion retail business and transactional enterprise whose scalable, reliable, and secure distributed computing infrastructure has been honed for over 13 years.
Contact: Joe Garrow jgarrow@americandatacompany.com Ph: 310-996-0300 x 206
SOURCE American Data Company
Website: http://www.americandatacompany.com
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